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Privacy Policy

Quick Summary

We collect minimal data to improve your experience and keep our site secure. This includes cookies, comment metadata, and embedded content. You can request your data or ask for its deletion at any time. We’re committed to transparency and UK data protection standards.

Late updated: 4 November 2025

🙂 Accessibility Note

We aim to make our Privacy Policy clear and accessible. If you need it in an alternative format, please contact us.

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🔎 Who We Are

Eddie Eco House is a UK-based platform focused on sustainable living, composting, and eco-friendly education. Our website address is https://eddieecohouse.com.

🍪 Cookies & Consent

🍪 Cookies & Consent

We use cookies to support your experience and keep our site running smoothly. These include:

🧩 Consent & Preferences

  • Cookie banner choices – stored by Complianz to remember your settings – Consent records are stored for up to 12 months
  • Affiliate tracking – used by partners like Amazon to attribute purchases
  • Analytics – via Mixpanel, for limited, anonymised usage insights
  • Optional services – like HubSpot chat (only if activated)
     

🧩 Strictly Necessary Cookies

  • These cookies are essential for site security and functionality
  • They do not require consent and include:
  • wordpress_test_cookie – checks if your browser accepts cookies
  • wfwaf-authcookie-* – used by Wordfence for security
  • wp-settings-* – stores admin/editor preferences

🧩 Comment Cookies

  • If you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email, and website in cookies
  • These cookies are optional and only set if you tick the box to remember your details
  • They last for 1 year and help streamline future comments

🧩 Login & Editor Cookies

  • Login cookies – remember your login and screen preferences
    • Login cookies last 2 days (or 2 weeks if you select “Remember Me”)
    • Screen preference cookies last 1 year
  • Editor cookies – if you edit or publish a post, a cookie records the post ID
  • This cookie contains no personal data and expires after 1 day    

🧩 Login Page Test Cookie

  • A temporary cookie checks if your browser accepts cookies
  • It contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser 

You can review and adjust your consent choices at any time using the banner or Cookie Settings.

Third-Party Services

We use a small number of third-party services to support site functionality, security, and affiliate partnerships. These include:

  • Elementor – for page layout and design
  • Wordfence – for site security and firewall protection
  • Complianz – to manage cookie consent and privacy preferences
  • Affiliate AI Lite– to display affiliate links (e.g. Amazon)
  • HubSpot Beacon – for optional help widget functionality
  • Mixpanel – for limited, anonymised site usage analytics
  • Gravatar – to display avatars on comments

  • Pinterest – for site verification only (no tracking)

You can manage your preferences at any time.

đź”— Embedded Content

Some pages on this site may include embedded content from other platforms — such as videos, social media feeds, or product previews. This content behaves in the same way as if the visitor had visited the other website directly.

These third-party sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content — especially if you have an account and are logged in to that service.

We currently embed content from:

    • Facebook

You can manage your preferences for embedded content via our Cookie Settings.

🤝 Affiliate Disclosure

Some links on this site are affiliate links. This means we may earn a small commission if you click through and make a purchase—at no extra cost to you.

We only recommend products we genuinely believe in, and affiliate income helps us keep our guides free, accessible, and ad-free. All affiliate links are clearly marked where possible.

You can read more about how we choose products and maintain transparency on our About page.

đź’¬ Comments & Media Uploads

When you leave a comment, we collect the information you enter (e.g. name, comment text). This data is stored securely and not used for marketing or profiling.

We do not store personal data in browser cookies unless you choose to save your details when commenting.

Comments may be checked by an automated spam detection service to help keep the site safe and respectful

If you upload images or other media with your comment, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS) or sensitive personal information. Uploaded files are stored securely and are only used to display your comment.

If you use a Gravatar account, your avatar may appear next to your comment. This is handled by Gravatar’s service, and subject to their Privacy Policy.

🛡️Data Sharing & Transparency

We do not sell or rent your personal data.
Data may be shared with trusted third-party services listed above only to support essential site functionality, security, or affiliate partnerships.

🧩 Specific Sharing Cases

  • Password resets – your IP address is included in the reset email to verify the request
  • Spam protection – comments may be checked by an automated detection service
  • Affiliate tracking – handled by external partners (e.g. Amazon) under their own privacy policies

We do not use your data for profiling, advertising, or behavioural targeting. You can manage your preferences at any time via our Cookie Settings.

đź•’ Data Retention, Privacy Signals & Your Rights

We only keep personal data for as long as necessary to support the purpose it was collected for — whether that’s displaying a comment, processing a form, or fulfilling an affiliate referral.

🧩 Retention Periods

  • Comments – stored indefinitely to help us recognise and approve future comments automatically
  • User accounts– stored until deleted; editable anytime (except your username)
  • Uploaded media – stored as long as the content remains published
  • Consent records – stored for up to 12 months
  • Analytics data – anonymised and retained for up to 12 months
  • Security logs – stored for up to 30 days unless flagged

We only keep what’s needed to run the site smoothly and improve your experience.

🧩 Browser Privacy Signals

  • We honour browser-based privacy signals such as Global Privacy Control (GPC) and Do Not Track (DNT) where supported
  • These are treated as requests to limit tracking and marketing cookies
     

🧩 Your Rights Over Your Data

Under UK GDPR, you have the right to:

  • Access – request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
  • Rectification – ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data
  • Erasure – request deletion of your data (“right to be forgotten”)
  • Restriction – ask us to limit how we use your data
  • Objection – object to certain types of processing (e.g. marketing)
  • Data portability – request your data in a structured, machine-readable format

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us. We’ll respond within 30 days, as required by law.

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